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[H.R. 3038 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.3038

                       One Hundred Eighth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
           the seventh day of January, two thousand and three


                                 An Act


 
   To make certain technical and conforming amendments to correct the 
               Health Care Safety Net Amendments of 2002.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Health Care Safety Net Amendments 
Technical Corrections Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Health Centers.--
        (1) In general.--Section 330 of the Public Health Service Act 
    (42 U.S.C. 254b) is amended to read as if--
            (A) subparagraph (C) of the second paragraph (4) of section 
        101 of Public Law 107-251 had not been enacted;
            (B) paragraph (7)(C) of such section 101 had not been 
        enacted; and
            (C) paragraphs (8) through (11) of such section 101 had not 
        been enacted.
        (2) Amendments per public law 107-251.--Section 330 of the 
    Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b), as amended by paragraph 
    (1), is amended--
            (A) in subsection (c)(1)(B), in the matter preceding clause 
        (i), by striking ``plan..'' and inserting ``plan.'';
            (B) in subsection (d)(1)(B)(iii), in subclause (I), by 
        adding ``or'' at the end;
            (C) by striking subsection (k);
            (D) by redesignating subsection (j) as subsection (k);
            (E) by inserting after subsection (i) a subsection that is 
        identical to the subsection (j) that appears (as an amendment) 
        in section 101(8)(C) of Public Law 107-251;
            (F) by redesignating subsection (l) as subsection (r), by 
        transferring it from its current placement, and by inserting it 
        after subsection (q);
            (G) by inserting before subsection (m) a subsection that is 
        identical to the subsection that appears (as an amendment) in 
        section 101(9) of Public Law 107-251, and by redesignating as 
        subsection (l) the subsection that is so inserted;
            (H) in subsection (l) (as inserted and redesignated by 
        subparagraph (G) of this paragraph), in the first sentence--
                (i) by inserting after ``shall provide'' the following: 
            ``(either through the Department of Health and Human 
            Services or by grant or contract)''; and
                (ii) by striking ``(l)(3)'' and inserting ``(k)(3)'';
            (I) in subsection (p), by striking ``(j)(3)(G)'' and 
        inserting ``(k)(3)(G)''; and
            (J) in subsection (r) (as redesignated, transferred, and 
        inserted by subparagraph (F) of this paragraph)--
                (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ``$802,124,000'' and 
            all that follows through the period and inserting 
            ``$1,340,000,000 for fiscal year 2002 and such sums as may 
            be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2003 through 
            2006.'';
                (ii) in paragraph (2)(A)--

                    (I) by striking ``(j)(3))'' and inserting 
                ``(k)(3))''; and
                    (II) by striking ``(j)(3)(G)(ii)'' and inserting 
                ``(k)(3)(H)''; and

                (iii) in paragraph (2), by striking subparagraph (B) 
            and inserting a subparagraph that is identical to the 
            subparagraph (B) that appears (as an amendment) in section 
            101(11)(B)(ii) of Public Law 107-251.
    (b) Rural Health Outreach.--Section 330A(b)(4) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c(b)(4)) is amended by striking ``799B'' and 
inserting ``799B(6)''.
    (c) Telehealth.--Section 330I of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 254c-14) is amended--
        (1) in subsection (a)(4), by striking ``799B'' and inserting 
    ``799B(6)''; and
        (2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ``Health and Resources 
    and Services Administration'' and inserting ``Health Resources and 
    Services Administration''.
    (d) Mental Health Services Via Telehealth.--Section 330K of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c-16) is amended--
        (1) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ``subsection (a)(4)'' and 
    inserting ``subsection (a)(3)''; and
        (2) in subsection (c)(1)--
            (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``subsection 
        (a)(4)(A)'' and inserting ``subsection (a)(3)(A)''; and
            (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``subsection 
        (a)(4)(B)'' and inserting ``subsection (a)(3)(B)''.
    (e) Telemedicine Incentive Grants.--
            (1) In general.--Subpart I of part D of title III of the 
        Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b et seq.) is amended 
        by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 330L. TELEMEDICINE; INCENTIVE GRANTS REGARDING COORDINATION 
              AMONG STATES.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary may make grants to State 
professional licensing boards to carry out programs under which such 
licensing boards of various States cooperate to develop and implement 
State policies that will reduce statutory and regulatory barriers to 
telemedicine.
    ``(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--For the purpose of carrying 
out subsection (a), there are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2002 through 2006.''.
        (2) Repeal.--Section 102 of the Health Care Safety Net 
    Amendments of 2002 (Public Law 107-251) is repealed.
    (f) Health Professional Shortage Areas.--
        (1) In general.--Section 332 of the Public Health Service Act 
    (42 U.S.C. 254e) is amended--
            (A) in subsection (a)(1)--
                (i) by striking ``such date of enactment'' and 
            inserting ``such date of designation''; and
                (ii) by striking ``, issued after the date of enactment 
            of this Act, that revise'' and inserting ``regarding''; and
            (B) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ``330(h)(4)'' and 
        inserting ``330(h)(5)'';
            (C) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ``designation,.'' and 
        inserting ``designation.''; and
            (D) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(j)(1) The Secretary shall submit the report described in 
paragraph (2) if the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the 
Health Resources and Services Administration, issues--
        ``(A) a regulation that revises the definition of a health 
    professional shortage area for purposes of this section; or
        ``(B) a regulation that revises the standards concerning 
    priority of such an area under section 333A.
    ``(2) On issuing a regulation described in paragraph (1), the 
Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a report that describes 
the regulation.
    ``(3) Each regulation described in paragraph (1) shall take effect 
180 days after the committees described in paragraph (2) receive a 
report referred to in such paragraph describing the regulation.''.
        (2) Repeal.--Subsection (b) of section 302 of the Health Care 
    Safety Net Amendments of 2002 (Public Law 107-251) is repealed.
    (g) Assignment of Corps Personnel.--Section 333(a)(1) of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254f) is amended by moving subparagraph 
(C) so that the margin of subparagraph (C) is aligned with the margins 
of subparagraphs (A), (B), and (D).
    (h) Priorities in Assignment of Corps Personnel.--Section 
333A(c)(4) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254f-1(c)(4)) is 
amended by striking ``30 days'' and inserting ``30 days from such 
notification''.
    (i) Charges for Services.--Section 334(b)(1)(B) of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254g(b)(1)(B)) is amended by inserting 
``the payment of'' after ``applied to''.
    (j) National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program.--Section 
338A(d)(1) (42 U.S.C. 254l(d)(1)) is amended by moving subparagraph (B) 
so that the margin of subparagraph (B) is aligned with the margin of 
subparagraphs (A) and (C).
    (k) National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program.--Section 
338B(e) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254l-1) is amended 
by striking ``Participation.--'' and all that follows through ``An 
individual'' and inserting ``Participation.--An individual''.
    (l) Breach of Contract.--
        (1) In general.--Section 338E of the Public Health Service Act 
    (42 U.S.C. 254o) is amended--
            (A) in subsection (c)(1), by moving subparagraphs (A), (B), 
        and (C), and the flush matter following subparagraph (C), 2 ems 
        to the left; and
            (B) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(f) The amendment made by section 313(a)(4) of the Health Care 
Safety Net Amendments of 2002 (Public Law 107-251) shall apply to any 
obligation for which a discharge in bankruptcy has not been granted 
before the date that is 31 days after the date of enactment of such 
Act.''.
        (2) Repeal.--Subsection (b) of section 313 of the Health Care 
    Safety Net Amendments of 2002 (Public Law 107-251) is repealed.
    (m) Miscellaneous.--The Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 201 et 
seq.) is amended--
        (1) in subsections (g)(1)(G)(ii), (k)(2), and (n)(1)(C) of 
    section 224, and sections 317A(a)(2), 317E(c), and 318A(e), by 
    striking ``330, 330(h)'' and inserting ``330'';
        (2) in section 1313, by striking ``329, 330, and 330(h)'' and 
    inserting ``329 and 330''; and
        (3) in section 2652(a)(2), by striking ``section 340'' and 
    inserting ``section 330(h)''.
    (n) Health Care Safety Net Amendments of 2002.--The Health Care 
Safety Net Amendments of 2002 (Public Law 107-251) is amended--
        (1) in section 404(c)(5), by striking ``Health Care Financing 
    Administration and the Health Research'' and inserting ``Centers 
    for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Health Resources''; and
        (2) in section 501, by striking ``solvency for managed care 
    networks'' and inserting ``guarantees of solvency for managed care 
    networks or plans''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act is deemed to have taken effect immediately after the 
enactment of Public Law 107-251.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.